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[Caml-list] interface printing without generating object code?

Chris Hecker
- Emmanuel Renieris
  - Chris Hecker
    - Emmanuel Renieris
      - Michal Moskal
    - jeanmarc.eber@l...
    - Xavier Leroy

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From:	Xavier Leroy <xavier.leroy@i...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] interface printing without generating object code?

> >What do you want that's not
> >    ocamlc -i -c foo.ml -o /dev/null
> 
> I tried that (well, the windows version with NUL) and it didn't work.  It 
> still generated both a cmi and a cmo.

Yes, the -o option is ignored when just compiling (ocamlc -c).  It
affects only linking and library construction.

> I want no output except stdout.

That's reasonable, and I'm willing to implement this.  I believe no
one currently relies on the fact that ocamlc -i also compiles and
generates .cmi and .cmo files; if not, drop me a line.

- Xavier Leroy
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